Posted on February 4, 2021 by Sitemaster
Early in 2020, in the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a suggestion (based on data from a small Italian study) that men who were using androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to manage their prostate cancer might be at lower than average risk for becoming infected with this virus. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, androgen deprivation, COVID-19, risk | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 10, 2020 by Sitemaster
In 2013, Zumsteg et al. proposed a refinement in the NCCN “intermediate risk” classification into two subcategories, “favorable intermediate-risk (FIR)” and “unfavorable intermediate-risk (UIR).” … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: adjuvant, ADT, favorable, intermediate, radiation, risk, unfavorable | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 7, 2020 by Sitemaster
Eastham et al. have recently reported — in the Journal of Clinical Oncology — results from a randomized Phase III trial of the surgical treatment of men with high-risk forms of localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: "high risk", ADT, androgen, chemohormonal, chemotherapy, CHT, deprivation, localized, neoadjuvant, prostatectomy, radical, trial | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 27, 2020 by Sitemaster
An upcoming article in the September issue of the journal Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology addresses issues related to the maintenance of sexual function for men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). … READ MORE
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: activity, ADT, androgen, deprivation, function, sex | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 6, 2020 by Sitemaster
Last month, we looked at Level 1 evidence (highest level, superseding all previous studies) that for unfavorable-risk patients, brachy boost therapy (BBT) — i.e., external beam therapy (EBRT) with a brachytherapy boost to the prostate — has better results when accompanied by 18 months of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) (see this link). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, brachy boost, high, intermediate, radiation, risk, therapy | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 21, 2020 by Sitemaster
TROG 01.03 RADAR, begun in 2003, was a (partly) randomized clinical trial to help optimize therapy of unfavorable-risk patients. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, brachy boost, dose, extent, external beam, radiation, therapy, timing | Leave a comment »
Posted on July 24, 2019 by Sitemaster
The initial data from the ARCHES study of standard ADT + enzalutamide versus standard ADT + a placebo in men with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer were reported earlier this year at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: abiraterone, ADT, androgen, apalutamide, darolutamide, deprivation, enzalutamide | 7 Comments »
Posted on July 16, 2019 by Sitemaster
According to the newest and largest known analysis of data currently available, there is a small but statistically significant association between treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and increase in risk for Alzheimer’s disease and/or dementia over time. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, Alzheimer, androgen, association, dementia, deprivation | 10 Comments »
Posted on April 23, 2019 by Sitemaster
Depression is relatively common among men with prostate cancer. Indeed, it may be a lot more common than we can currently document. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: ADT, androgen, cancer, depression, deprivation, prostae, risk | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 19, 2019 by Sitemaster
Long-term follow-up data from the LATITUDE trial have now been published by Fizazi et al. in Lancet Oncology. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: "high risk", abiraterone, ADT, hormone-sensitive, latitude, metastatic, newly diagnosed, survival | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 11, 2019 by Sitemaster
A newly published article in this month’s Journal of Urology has suggested that being exposed to Agent Orange and getting prostate cancer comes with better overall survival data than if one gets prostate cancer some other way. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: ADT, agent, androgen, cancer-specific, deprivation, exposure, Orange, prostate, survival | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 15, 2019 by Sitemaster
On Thursday, here in San Francisco, Dr. Andrew Armstrong first presented the results of the so-called ARCHES trial of enzalutamide (Xtandi) + standard androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in the treatment of men with metastatic, “hormone-sensitive” prostate cancer (mHSPC). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: ADT, ARCHES, enzalutamide, hormone-sensitive, metastatic, mHSPC, Xtandi | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 20, 2018 by Sitemaster
Pfizer and Astellas have, this morning, announced that the addition of enzalutamide to standard androgen deprivation (ADT) has led to improved outcomes in men with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, androgen, ARCHES, deprivation, enzalutamide, hormone, outcome, sensitive, standard, trial | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 8, 2018 by Sitemaster
We have long been bedeviled by questions about some of the short- and the long-term side effects and complications of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in the treatment of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, Alzheimer's, androgen, dementia, deprivation, failure, heart, side effect | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 21, 2018 by Sitemaster
New data from the ongoing STAMPEDE trial in the UK and Switzerland has now confirmed that ablative radiation of the prostate itself (debulking of the primary tumor) improves overall survival (OS) in men newly diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer who have a low metastatic disease burden but not in those with higher burden of disease. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, androgen, debulking, deprivation, docetaxel, metastasis, primary, radiation, therapy, tumor | 7 Comments »